Strap-loop



(No Model.)

C. REINISCH- STRAP LOOP.

N0. 361,71 8. i PatentedA 1". 26, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

CHARLES REINISOH, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

STRAP LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,718, dated April26, 1887.

Application filed December 20, 1886. Serial No. 222,036. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES REINIscI a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Strap Loops and Buckles;and I do hereby declare the following to be a fullclear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Thisinvention is designed to providea straploop for bags and satchels,to which the strap which encircles the bag is permanently secured, andwhich also receives and retains the tongue or free end of the strap whenpassed around the bag.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, in

which several views are shown illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is aplan View of the top of a bag or satchel broken away in the center,having my improved strap-loop thereon. Fig. 2 is a perspective View ofthe improved loop detached from the bag. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewtaken transversely through the loop and a portion of the closedframe-sections. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a form of 0011-struction of the strap-loop in which the loop portions thereof are onabout the same plane. Fig. 5 isatransversesection of the same, takencentrally therethrough; and Fig. 6 is a section of the strap-loopsimilar to that in Fig. 5, the inserted strap, and a portion of theclosed frame-sections.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of theviews.

The improved strap-loop, as indicated in said drawings, consists of theoppositely-projecting loops a and b, on which is formed a base-plate, c,by which the loop portions are secured to the frame-section d of the bagor satchel. Midway in or between the oppositely-projecting loop portionsto b is a bar, 6, to which a catching-tongue, f, is pivoted, asindicated in the figures of the drawings, said tongue being thrown intoengagement with either of said loops, particularly when formed asindicated in Fig. 4, 850. The loop portions a and b may section (2 bymeans of the rivets 9, formed integral with the base-plate or portions0, or in any other well-known or suitable manner. In the plate orportions 0 may be formed grooves 71-, which are adapted to receive theordinary pivoted catching device, *5, which holds the frame-sections ofthe bag together.

The relation and use of the strap that en'- circles the bag to thestrap-loop is indicated more clearly in Figs. 3 and 6, one end of thestrap being permanently secured around the bar 6, having a perforationtherein to receive the catching-tongue f and permit the free movementthereof, and when said loop is formed as in Fig. 3, passes from said bardown underneath the loop portion I), then around the bag, and the freeend of the strap is brought up through the loop portion a, where itengages the catching-tongue f, and then passes over the bar 6 and downagain through the loop portion 1).

The arrangement of the strap in relation to the form shown in Fig. 6 issimilar to that already described for the other form of loop, the strapbeing secured to the bar, passed through the loop I), down around thebag, up through the loop a, over the bar, and down again through theloop I). This latter form of loop has the advantage of a flat uppersurface, projects to a less height above the frame-section, and, ifdesirable, may be used as an ordinary loop with the strap in common usehaving a buckle and leather loop thereon. The form of the strap-looppermits this latter use of the same, as considerable space is leftbetween the bar 6 and the top of the frame-section (I, as is shown inFigs. 5 and 6, through which the strap may be inserted. This elevationof the bar and loop portions above the frame-section provides more roomfor the end of the strap, which is secured around the said bar, and alsoholds the said loop portions a and I) up away from the corners of theframesections, so that ample space is provided for the strap wheninserted through the said loop portions. As shown in Fig. 5, the bar 6is sunk or-formed at a point below the top of the loop, so that when thestrap is over the same it will not project to any extent above the topof the loop.

When the catching-tongue is intended to be thrown into engagement witheither of the loops a b, so that no particular care'is necessary insecuring the strap-loops upon the bag,

the bar e is preferably formed centrally between the loops; but the saidbar may be so arranged in the loop that the space between the said barand the loop I), Fig. 6, is much wider, to receive two thicknesses ofthe strap, than the space intervening between said bar and the loop a,which receives but a single thickness of the strap.

By a strap-loop constructed as herein set forth the annoyance ofcatching the buckle end of the strap in the mouth of the bag when thesame is being closed is avoided, and, furthermore, the straps arepermanently secured to the bag and cannot be lost or misplaced.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isi 1. Astrap-loopconsisting of the oppositelyprojecting loop portions a b, a bar, 0,having a pivotedcatching-tongue, f, thereon, and downwardly-projectingportions 0, whereby, when the strap-loop is secured upon a bag, saidloop portions and the bar are held up away from the frame-section, forthe purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the V frame-sections of a bag or satchel, ofstrap-loops secured to said frame-sections, consisting of theoppositely-projecting loops at b, lying in the same plane orapproximately so arranged, a bar, 6, having a pivoted tongue, f,thereon, said bar being sunk or formed below the top of said strap'loop,and downwardly-projecting portions 0, whereby, when the strap-loop issecured upon a bag, said loop portions or b and the bar 6 are held upaway from the framesection, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 9th day of December, 1886.

CHARLES REIN I SCH.

Witnesses:

FREDK. O. FRAENTZEL, FREDK. F. CAMPBELL.

